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Latina food critic employed by the LA Times demands the same wage as more experienced, more awarded male colleague, gets told no

And ofc, Twitter is now slamming the LA Times as white supremacist.

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by Anonymousreply 15November 23, 2020 7:01 PM

Equal pay for equal work. I don't care if the other guy won 100 awards. If am a food critic and you are a food critic and we both write reviews on restaurants I want the same money for the same work.

by Anonymousreply 1November 23, 2020 2:36 AM

R1, you think people new to a job should make the same as someone who has been doing it for decades? What’s the incentive to stay in a job if one’s salary doesn’t increase over time?

by Anonymousreply 2November 23, 2020 2:39 AM

r1 is a retard with zero experience in the job market in the real world. Employers need to retain more prestigiious personnel in order to prevent that rivals lure them away, so they pay them higher wages. In addition, it is absolutely fair to pay more to employees who have more experience and years of training. I've been in jobs where female colleagues were paid higher wages than mine for that reason.

by Anonymousreply 3November 23, 2020 2:40 AM

She sounds like a real handful

by Anonymousreply 4November 23, 2020 2:41 AM

r2, I doubt that r1 really thinks that. It is just that certain people change their minds when they feel in order not to be excluded from a group or movement with which they tend to identify.

If it was the other way around - a newbie white guy demanding his employee pay him the same as a more experienced, more prestigious WOC co-worker - people on Twitter and r1 over here would never try to enable the audacity - or "the caucasity", as they say over there. But in this case, the complaint comes from somewhere non-white and with a pussy, and she's comparing herself to somebody white and with a dick, so of course many will be feeding her delusions.

by Anonymousreply 5November 23, 2020 2:45 AM

If she signed a contract to an agreed-upon wage/salary, then she has no legal standing and the company is free to continue with business as usual. The exact same scenario would happen if she were white and male, tenured employees always make more money than new hires because they’ve proven themselves worthy of their paycheck.

by Anonymousreply 6November 23, 2020 2:46 AM

Wouldn’t it be great if the LA Times just fired her. But you know they’ll do some cave in. Corporations, universities and media live in terror of the Twitter mob. But in the real world, 90% of people would think she’s in the wrong including most Latinos.

by Anonymousreply 7November 23, 2020 2:51 AM

It totally depends on what the numbers are. And also how much "winning awards" actually generates dollars for the publication. In her defense, Im sure some of those "awards" were given to him from organizations that are predominately white. If she earned similar "awards" from predominately minority organizations, and she is not being compensated at the same scale for them, then she has a case.

by Anonymousreply 8November 23, 2020 3:09 AM

Trust: If Jonathan Gold were still alive, she wouldn't be making the $$$ he did, because of his experience, his name and the fear of losing him to a competing publication.

Actors on a television show make differing amounts of money for the same reason, even though they perform the same job.

by Anonymousreply 9November 23, 2020 3:14 AM

r1 here - actually. Plenty of experience in the job market. A firm believer in transparency in pay. The best places I have worked are fully transparent in what EVERYONE makes. - where you stand and how to get ahead if that is what you want. If the Times established a hierarchy for the food critics then sure fine he can make more if he has a position higher than hers - but the response from them is basically "we already pay you too much and the guy won an award." They never clarify if the position is the same or not.

by Anonymousreply 10November 23, 2020 4:15 PM

LA Times is owned by an Asian guy, so whatever.

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by Anonymousreply 11November 23, 2020 4:16 PM

"Experience" and "merit" are all freeper words. There should be equal pay for everyone!

by Anonymousreply 12November 23, 2020 4:35 PM

[quote]r1 is a retard

If that's the best you can do, OP, then don't even bother.

by Anonymousreply 13November 23, 2020 4:40 PM

Equal pay for equal work in an interesting concept. It sounds great in concept but experience and what someone's profile/contribution to the business (clicks, etc) should account for a difference - at least IMHO. It's why Whoopi Goldberg makes more money than Sara Haines on the view - same job, different value to the business.

by Anonymousreply 14November 23, 2020 4:54 PM

Honestly, what is a food critic? Someone who goes to restaurants eats the food and tells you if it was good or not. They can use colorful language and magic words but it's not the most difficult job in the world. Food critics are notoriously hated by chefs since they can make or break a new business. When it comes to pay. If the guy made twice as much then I would just say 'Okay he can do twice the work."

by Anonymousreply 15November 23, 2020 7:01 PM
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